Travelin' Soldier

Photo taken by a volunteer at Ft. Jackson

6 weeks down, 4 to go!

We've gotten more letters from Carey. Surprisingly he has been a good pen pal. He reports that he has been freezing his tail off and misses my cooking and Sawyer's smiles. I try to help with the smile bit by sending lots of photos but can't help with the cooking. I found two facebook pages with information on his until and found this photo in Delta Co's album. Apparently they are on a no pictures hold so this is from early-mid March, but there's our soldier!

He is disappointed in the vigor of the Army PT. Apparently it used to be much more intense and has been scaled back. His crossfit training has set him up well but he reports that others in his unit have been struggling.

They are almost through the white phase of training. The first was red and was mostly classroom with some physical team building. The white phase has been a lot of shooting (which he loves) and some first aid.

There is another website: www.basictrainingphotos.com that gives other photos but they are copyrighted and I couldn't bring them to the blog. If you're interested, his company is D113 and I've found 3 pictures of him there.

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Friends are Family

We had a wonderful visit in Charlotte. It went by way too fast as usual but was lots of fun. We walked on the greenway close to Derrell and Lindsay's (rental) house, went to see their new house that they are buying, had a cookout with the Clark family, had brunch with our friends Steve and Darcy and their baby, Chloe, and Sawyer got to go see Derrell's work truck. Pictures below!

Fun, Fun, Fun

I apologize for the bad resolution of the pictures, but sometimes my phone is more handy than the camera. We've been working hard on tummy time and Sawyer's muscle control. He's been wiggling like crazy. Most days he only lasts 2-3 minutes on his belly but this particular day he was having a grand time. He's really holding his head up well! Airplane Baby

Twice the Speed of Life

This week has blown by. I made Carey go to Marietta Wednesday on his last day off to get me a new military ID. Mine was expired. Sawyer was just a little younger than Oscar when I got my last one and my hair was also in the same rough stage. I felt a sense of deja vu, like I was starting to repeat the last four years. Say it isn't so. :) My espresso machine has been broken since just before Oscar was born and the only place in Atlanta that I could find that was willing to see if they could repair it was also in Marietta so we dropped that off while we were there too. Then Carey and I went out to lunch. Lunch dates are a little different with a babe, but it was nice not to have Sawyer out with us too and worry about him. We picked Sawyer up early and took both boys to see Carey's grandparents. They hadn't met Oscar yet and as his middle name is after Carey's grandfather's, we thought it high time they meet. I hung out inside with Oscar and Grandad and Audrey and...

A Case of Opposites

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